Asperdaphne paucicostata

Asperdaphne paucicostata
Shell of Asperdaphne paucicostata (specimen at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Superfamily:	Conoidea
Family:	Raphitomidae
Genus:	Asperdaphne
Species:	A. paucicostata
Binomial name
Asperdaphne paucicostata (Pease, 1860)
Synonyms [1]
List Clathurella paucicostataPease, 1860 superseded combination Daphnella lifouanaHervier, 1897 (original combination) Tritonoturris lifouana(Hervier, 1897) junior subjective synonym Tritonoturris paucicostata(Pease, 1860) superseded combination

Asperdaphne paucicostata is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. ^[1]

Description

The length of the shell attains 11 mm, its diameter 3.5 mm.

The shell is elongately fusiform, thin and shining. The whorls are ornamented with varices, remote, and fine transverse raised striae. The outer lip is thin. The aperture is elongate-oval. The siphonal canal is long and slightly recurved. The colour of the shell is white, with irregular orange-brown spots or blotches. The varices are white. ^[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Hawaii, the Loyalty Islands and Papua New Guinea.

References

1. Asperdaphne paucicostata (Pease, 1860) . 13 December 2025. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species .
2. W.H. Pease, Descriptions of New Species of Mollusca from the Sandwich Islands; Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Volume: pt.28 (1860) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• Sysoev, A.V. (2008) Turridae. In Poppe, G. T. (Ed.) Philippine Marine Mollusks. Volume II. ConchBooks, Hackenheim, Germany, pp. 732–815. NIZT 682
• Wiedrick, S. G. (2025). Synopsis, classification and revision of molluscan turri-form conoidean fauna of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of 89 new species and four new genera. BabyBook & Shawn Greggory Wiedrick, Pennsauken & Los Angeles. pp. 1-340.

External links

• Hervier J. (1897 ["1896"]). Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'Archipel de la Nouvelle-Calédonie. Journal de Conchyliologie. 44: 138-151
• Powell A.W.B.(1966) The molluscan families Speightiidae and Turridae: an evaluation of the valid taxa, both recent and fossil, with lists of characteristic species; Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum ; no. 5
• Kay, E. A. (1979). Hawaiian marine shells. Reef and shore fauna of Hawaii. Section 4: Mollusca. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications. 64xviii + 1–653
• Moretzsohn, Fabio, and E. Alison Kay. "HAWAIIAN MARINE MOLLUSCS." (1995)
• Gastropods.com: Daphnella lifouana
• Tucker, J.K. (2004). "Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 682: 1–1295. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.682.1.1.